Calcium alginate gel: A biocompatible and mechanically stable polymer for endovascular embolization

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-86

  Becker, Timothy A ^a   Kipke, Daryl R ^a   Brandon, Tedd ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Arteriovenous malformations; Microcatheters; Nonadhesive polymer; Polymer occlusion

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERS; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; VISCOSITY;

ANEURYSMS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CALCIUM ALGINATE GEL; COMPRESSIVE RESISTANCE; ENDOVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION; MECHANICAL STABILITY; NONADHESIVE POLYMER; POLYMER OCCLUSION;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM ALGINATE; POLYMER;

ANEURYSM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE REACTION; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ALGINATES; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GELS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; KIDNEY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; RABBITS; RATS; RENAL CIRCULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035196148     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(200101)54:1<76::AID-JBM9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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